France's Digital Sovereignty Crisis: A Dependence on US Tech Giants
France's growing reliance on US tech giants is raising serious concerns about its digital sovereignty. A Senate report accuses the French government of a "political fault" for outsourcing critical data infrastructure to US companies like Microsoft, subject to US extraterritorial laws. This exposes public data from health, education, and other crucial sectors to foreign surveillance under US legislation like FISA and CLOUD. The report criticizes the government for systematically discrediting European alternatives, neglecting the contributions of French companies to the national social security system. Denmark's shift to open-source alternatives highlights a growing European movement towards technological independence. French MPs are urging the EU to address this growing digital dependency and prevent critical data from falling into foreign hands.
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